RIP Mr. President thread....

[A930Rocket]

RIP.

Amazing that at 18, he was flying planes in war time. Part of the greatest generation.

[Tobra]

He got shot down, twice, and got back in the plane, before he was old enough to buy a drink.

[Fly Mach .86]

Originally Posted by Tobra

He got shot down, twice, and got back in the plane, before he was old enough to buy a drink.

Or vote.

[KFC911]

Did y'all watch the ceremony at sunset....total class by all....no surprise. I don't "get" the press...but won't go there...

RIP Mr. President.....

[NY65912]

A gentleman, a patriot and a genuinely good and honorable man.

RIP Mr. President

[sammyg2]

This kinda tugs at the strings for me:

Barbara Bush (granddaughter): George H.W. Bush wanted to die before Christmas
By Jessica Sager

Barbara Pierce Bush believes her grandfather, George H.W. Bush, wanted to pass away before Christmas.

"He'd never spent a Christmas without my grandmother," Barbara, 37, told People. "He was ready to be with her again. He never said it, but my thought is that he wanted to be with her for the holiday."

First lady Barbara Bush died in April at age 92.
H.W. Bush was hospitalized the next day.

Barbara Pierce Bush says that after his hospitalization this summer, H.W. Bush didn't want any more medical attention and simply wanted to be with his family at their home in Kennebunkport, Maine, before returning to his Houston, Texas, home in mid-October.

"There was never a moment when there wasn't a family member with him," she said. "He wanted to be in the game, still. He wanted to be included."

Barbara Pierce Bush said that the family all had planned visits with H.W. so he'd always have company throughout the holidays, "but the majority of us didn't make it."

She told People that she would read to H.W. Bush in his final days when they were together — and that his favorite stories were the ones she read to him about him and her grandmother.

"I read him different books on geopolitics, the CIA or things of his interest. And then, luckily, my cousin Ellie LeBlond Sosa had written a book about my grandparents' love story — it was brand new — and that's what I ended up reading to him the most," she said. "He loved it. It was most certainly a walk down memory lane and it contained many of the love letters that he had written to my grandmother, and then also many of the letters from when he was younger that he had written to his mom about my grandmother before they were married."

"We had plenty of moments talking about my grandmother," she continued. "I remember I asked him if his heart was broken and he said yes. But I think he also knew that he would see her soon. I don't think that it seemed far off to him."

[Scott Douglas]

That had to be one of the most amazing memorial services I've ever heard.
Hope a lot of young people got to watch it. They could learn a lot from it, IMO.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

That had to be one of the most amazing memorial services I've ever heard.
Hope a lot of young people got to watch it. They could learn a lot from it, IMO.

Yes it was Scott.....and yes they could.

Thanks.....

[t6dpilot]

David Gergen said exactly what I was feeling - that those four eulogies were the best ever at a state funeral. Just wow...

[sand_man]

Originally Posted by NY65912

A gentleman, a patriot, and a genuinely good and honorable man...

Well said.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

That had to be one of the most amazing memorial services I've ever heard.
Hope a lot of young people got to watch it. They could learn a lot from it, IMO.

The eulogy from W was beautiful. He loved his dad but had big shoes to fill.

[drcoastline]

A great man from the greatest generation, he will be missed. He and Mrs. Bush raised a great family. The ceremony today was perfect.

CAVU Mr. President. Rest in Peace

[Pazuzu]

I tried to get to the funeral (Repose? In State?) but the parking area was completely full and closed off, with a 2 mile line of cars waiting. There was probably 5 times as many people as they expected to come. I couldn't get anywhere near the parking area, so I went home.

It's settled down now, but there's no question that this was far more popular than they had anticipated.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by Tobra

He got shot down, twice, and got back in the plane, before he was old enough to buy a drink.

Wasn't the legal drinking age 18 back then?

All I can say is that is one hell of a love story with GHWB and Barbara. 73 years married and still in love!

[flatbutt]

The ADA saved my job and that's the least I have to be grateful for.

[Scott Douglas]

That was a pretty nice memorial in Houston this morning.

[greglepore]

Listened to his 91 inaugural yesterday, and it brought me almost to tears thinking about how far our politics have changed.

[Scott Douglas]

It was interesting hearing the eulogies yesterday and wondering how or what things would be said of some of those sitting in the front pew.

[Yorkie]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

It was interesting hearing the eulogies yesterday and wondering how or what things would be said of some of those sitting in the front pew.

I think the time that passes from when a POTUS serves and leaves this world makes a lot of difference in how the eulogies are crafted. I remember how Margaret Thatcher was vilified in the UK just after her term in office yet the passage of time has been kinder to her way of thinking and how she shaped the UK. Of course the radical left will always hate her as she rattled their cage but we now tend to see her policies as necessary though painful. The recent eulogies for Bush 41 made me think quite a lot about the man and how he handled himself and steered our country through some pretty radical times.

[sammyg2]

Standing "O"s from congress.